Employs a chronological narrative to identify three distinct phases during which events of the era unfolded. This book captures the sweep of this tumultuous era, analyzing both the cultural and political influences on the movements of the 1960s. It brings a fresh approach to our understanding of not only the 1960s but also US history since 1945. more...

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical industry--and helped launch the modern environmental movement. In The Gentle Subversive, Mark Hamilton Lytle offers a compact biography of Carson, illuminating the road that led to this vastly influential... more...